Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 2, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Ft Worth
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -97.350
Occurred in Southeast Fort Worth.
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 2 to 3, 2000
May 2-3, 2000 - Event NarrativeSlow moving showers and thunderstorms developed along a stationary boundary generally from the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex south and eastward. On the 2nd, the storms were confined mainly to Tarrant, Dallas, Ellis, and Kaufman counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $341,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 40
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
May 2-3, 2000 - Event NarrativeSlow moving showers and thunderstorms developed along a stationary boundary generally from the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex south and eastward. On the 2nd, the storms were confined mainly to Tarrant, Dallas, Ellis, and Kaufman counties. On the 3rd, the storms were confined to the area between Fort Worth and Palestine, with another area from Granbury to Meridian. Isolated storms were observed elsewhere. Numerous reports of hail and wind were received from these storms.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:55 UTC.
Event by event
35 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 2, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, 1 mi N of Alvarado
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 32.417, -97.217
Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis
- When
- May 2, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, Waxahachie
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -96.850
Power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm winds.
Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 2, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Seagoville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.633, -96.533
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 4:07 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Keller
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.933, -97.250
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 4:11 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Keller
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.933, -97.250
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 4:46 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Grapevine
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.933, -97.083
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 4:48 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Euless
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.833, -97.083
Occurred 2 miles southwest of D/FW Airport.
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Euless
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 32.833, -97.083
Occurred 7 miles southwest of D/FW Airport.
Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 3, 5:01 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Irving
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.817, -96.917
Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 3, 5:29 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, 1 mi NW of Duncanville
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.667, -96.917
Flash Flood, Dallas
- When
- May 3, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Grand Prairie
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -96.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 1989 BMW became completely submerged in an underpass during a severe thunderstorm.
Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 3, 5:41 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Duncanville
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -96.900
Hail, Hood
- When
- May 3, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- Hood County, Tolar
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -97.900
Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 3, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, Ovilla
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.533, -96.883
Hail, Hood
- When
- May 3, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hood County, 8 mi SW of Granbury
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.367, -97.900
Occurred on Highway 51, two miles north of Hill City.
Hail, Somervell
- When
- May 3, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Somervell County, 4 mi NW of Glen Rose
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.267, -97.800
Hail, Somervell
- When
- May 3, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Somervell County, Glen Rose
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.233, -97.750
Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 3, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, Waxahachie
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -96.850
Hail, Somervell
- When
- May 3, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Somervell County, 2 mi NW of Glen Rose
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -97.767
Occurred 1 mile south of Dinosaur State Park.
Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 3, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, Ennis
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.333, -96.633
Hail, Ellis
- When
- May 3, 7:07 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County, Bardwell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.267, -96.700
Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 3, 8:08 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County, Palestine
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -95.633
Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 3, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County, Palestine
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -95.633
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 8:44 PM CST to 8:48 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Ft Worth
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -97.350
Occurred in North Fort Worth.
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 8:45 PM CST to 8:48 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, 5 mi S of Haslet
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -97.350
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 8:50 PM CST to 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Ft Worth
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -97.350
Occurred at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in north Fort Worth.
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 8:59 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Ft Worth
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -97.350
Occurred in North Fort Worth.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, North Richland Hills
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.833, -97.250
The roof of a church was blown off by high thunderstorm wind. Trees were blown down as well.
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 9:01 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Watauga
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -97.267
Hail, Freestone
- When
- May 3, 9:22 PM CST
- Where
- Freestone County, Kirvin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.767, -96.333
Thunderstorm Wind, Freestone
- When
- May 3, 9:22 PM CST
- Where
- Freestone County, Kirvin
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.767, -96.333
Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 3, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County, 5 mi E of Slocum
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.633, -95.383
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 9:34 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Ft Worth
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -97.350
Large tree limbs were blown down on the east side of Fort Worth in an area just north of Interstate 30 and Cooks Lane. The tree limbs blocked traffic.
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 9:34 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Ft Worth
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -97.350
Occurred on the east side of Fort Worth.
Hail, Tarrant
- When
- May 3, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Arlington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.733, -97.117
Hail, Freestone
- When
- May 3, 9:48 PM CST
- Where
- Freestone County, Fairfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.717, -96.167
Hail, Freestone
- When
- May 3, 10:18 PM CST
- Where
- Freestone County, Fairfield
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.717, -96.167
Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 3, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Cedar Hill
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.583, -96.950
Hail, Lamar
- When
- May 3, 10:24 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County, Paris
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -95.533
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, May 2 to 5, 2000
- High Wind in New York, May 2, 2000
- Dense Fog in Illinois, May 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 2, 2000
- Dense Fog in Iowa, May 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, May 2, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 2, 2000
- Dense Fog in Missouri, May 2, 2000
- Flash Flood in Texas, May 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 2, 2000
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5144567, 5144333, 5144568, 5144332, 5144334, 5144335, 5144336, 5144337, 5144338, 5146332, 5146330, 5146333, 5146331, 5146425, 5146430, 5146426, 5146428, 5146429, 5146431, 5146427, 5146432, 5146433, 5146434, 5146435, 5144339, 5144340, 5144343, 5144341, 5146320, 5144342, 5146324, 5146325, 5146328, 5146321, 5146322, 5146323, 5146326, 5146327, 5146334, 5146329.